#81 - Caela Fenton on media representations of women distance runners

Social Sport

Caela Fenton is a doctoral candidate in English at the University of Oregon. Her research lies primarily in cultural studies of sport, utilizing feminist approaches to consider gender equity in sport industry, as well as digital iterations of physical culture. Her academic work has appeared in The International Journal of the History of Sport, Narrative, and Aethlon. Her journalistic work has appeared in Canadian Running Magazine, iRun, and The XC. Most recently, she served on the communications team at the US Olympic Track and Field Trials. In this episode, we discuss social media as it relates to professional athletics, gendered expectations, and capitalism. We also discuss representations of women distance runners throughout time and in various forms of media. Caela blows Emma's mind multiple times, and she will likely blow your mind, too!

Discussed in this episode:

--Running, Identity, and Meaning by Neil Baxter

--Athlete identity crises

--Perdita Felicien

--Sarah Banet-Weiser and brand culture

--Women runners and self-representation over Instagram

--Fetishization of female runners’ bodies

--Heather Caplan on Social Sport

--Colleen Quigley's Instagram post on pulling out of Olympic Trials

--Allie Ostrander's video on beginning eating disorder treatment

--Postfeminism

--Once a Runner by John L. Parker

--"Why I Loathe Once a Runner," Caela's article in Canadian Running

--Late Air by Jaclyn Gilbert

--Inadequate representation of Black women runners

--"Jogging Has Always Excluded Black People," but Natalia Mehlman Petrzela for NYTimes

--Risa Isard on Social Sport

--"Hayward Magic in the Era of Globalized Sport Culture"

--Coach Tom Heinonen

--The Passage series

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